Current Affairs

National Six Technology Innovation Platforms ⇒ Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Prakash Javadekar on 02 July 2021 inaugurated six Technology Innovation Platforms. Focus: These platforms will focus on development of technologies for the globally competitive manufacturing in India. Six Technology Platforms & developed by: ‘Knowledge integration for technology enrichment (KITE)’- IIT Madras […]

National MoU between AJNIFM and Microsoft ⇒ Recently, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) and Microsoft signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership to build an AI and emerging technologies Centre of Excellence at AJNIFM. The collaboration seeks to explore the role of cloud, AI and emerging technologies for transforming

National Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana ⇒ Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana during the Crop Insurance Week. It was launched as a part of Government’s India@75 campaign ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, commemorating 75 years of India’s

National 2020 Kuvempu Award ⇒ Odia poet Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda has been selected for the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for the year 2020. Dr. Panda has published 16 poetry collections and a novel. About Award: The national award has been instituted in memory of the late poet laureate Kuvempu. Founded in 1992, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust

National Approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet ⇒ The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, accorded approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership mode in 16 States of the country. BharatNet will now extend upto all inhabited villages beyond Gram Panchayats. The revised strategy also includes creation,

National First-of-its-kind initiative ‘FIRE’ ⇒ Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of Department of Science and Technology in collaboration with Intel India launched the first-of-its-kind initiative called ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’. A first-of-its-kind research initiative has been launched on 29 June 2021 to advance deep tech-based research in India. It

National NATRAX- the High Speed Track ⇒ Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Prakash Javadekar inaugurated NATRAX- the High Speed Track (HST) in Indore on 29 June 2021. About HST: NATRAX, a world class High Speed Track of 11.3 km is developed in an area of 1000 acres of land. NATRAX is the

National Reappointment of Attorney General for India ⇒ Senior advocate, K K Venugopal has been reappointed as the Attorney General for India for a period of one year with effect from July 1, 2021. A notification was issued in this regard by the Department of Legal Affairs under the law ministry. The current tenure of

National New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P ⇒ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested a New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, Balasore on June 28, 2021. About Missile: Agni P is a new generation advanced variant of

National 17 measures to provide relief to diverse sectors affected by the 2nd wave of COVID-19 ⇒ Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures to provide relief to diverse sectors affected by the 2nd wave of COVID-19 pandemic on 28 June 2021. A total of 17 measures amounting